Daniel 8:21 Meaning and Explanation
“And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.”
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Read Full Chapter →The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and its great horn is the first king.
What Does Daniel 8:21 Mean?
Gabriel continues the explanation: the rough goat is the kingdom of Greece, and the great horn between its eyes is its first king. The swift creature racing from the west is thus identified with the Greek empire whose lightning conquests would sweep across the known world under one commanding ruler.
To name an empire and its king generations before they came shows the reach of God's foreknowledge. Greece did not yet hold this power when Daniel lived, yet here it stands, named and measured. The vision teaches that the rise of even the mightiest king is no surprise to heaven. What looks to the world like the sudden triumph of human genius is, to God, a chapter already written, unfolding exactly within the bounds He has appointed.
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What does Daniel 8:21 mean?
The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and its great horn is the first king.